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  1. Day 3. forgot to weigh myself...arg. b: coffee+soy milk, home made cinnamon raisin bread with some earth blalance l: scrambled tofu w beans+avocado (at restaurant) d: left over potato soup + couple of crackers snacks: 2 mandarines water: 5 or 6 glasses (getting better) exercise: 28 minute bike ride + 3 min cool down = 31 minutes Walked downtown instead of taking the car...it's only a 20 min. walk...but still, yay for me stretching: 5 min. after bike ride (need to extend this and make time for it) meditation: will do 5 min. before bed (need to make more time for this) Have headache now...so off to lie down with a cold cloth on my forehead
  2. Hi, I'm another Canadian...and yes I'm another newbie! I'm very new to this forum, and am trying to figure out what's what. I started my journal last night, kinda on a whim. I saw Robert's tweet about all the prizes, and thought they sounded good, and really I wanted to win some for a friend of mine who is a triathlete but not a vegan. But I'm here to introduce me, so here it goes I'm a vegan, and I've been one for almost 4 years...so I'm here more for motivational support for getting into shape! I used to be quite active. I used to run, and cycle, and swim..well only if I really had to I had aspirations of one day completing a triathlon! But I had an accident 6 years ago..I was on a scooter, and the other guy was in a car. The car won! The short story is that I have injured knees, damaged neck and shoulders, I get bad headaches and migraines...and the result is a lot of messy details that I will not bore you with. I don't usually make resolutions..but this feeling sorry for myself has to stop, and it's stopping now! I'm starting with a fresh start...starting slow, taking it easy...one step at a time. But I need to start somewhere. I do need motivation. I need help keeping my goal of keeping active. I've been here many times, saying that I will work out, will hop on that stationary bike half an hour a day...but after 4 or 5 days I run out of steam. Sometimes I even make it to a few weeks...but I want to make it through to a year. So please let me know how and where I can, or if I can get that help here, on this forum. In exchange, I am willing to help someone go vegan. I will help as much as I can with information, moral support, encouragement, what to do at non-vegan social settings, and cheer you on! I am willing to admit if I don't know something about nutrition, so I won't give you bad advice, but I will know where to look for that information, and I have many vegan friends that I can ask for help too. So...anyone want to help me be fitter this year, and let me help you be veganer?
  3. Day 2 weight: 138lbs (need to weigh myself at the same time each day) B: coffee+soy milk, shreddies+soy milk l: left over spaghetti + apple d: left over potato soup + crackers snacks - 1 small pb chocolate cup, a couple of crackers+tofutti, some celery sticks water: only 4 glasses (need to get on this!) exercise: 25 min bike ride + 3 min cool down = 28 min. total! mediation/breathing exercise - 5 min. + will do 5 min. before bed! I know today is my first day of exercise, and it's no big deal that I did 25 minutes of bike ride for most of you...but it is for me! I really whined, and complained (to myself) that I really didn't want to do the exercise and made all kinds of excuses not to do it. Finally I said I'll just hop on for a quick and easy 20 minutes and no more. I put on good music, I distracted myself on my ipod, and 20 minutes was over like that! I was pumped...so I actually increased the intensity and went for another 5 minutes...but knowing how bad a shape I'm in, I didn't want to push it, and regret it later, so I started to cool off after 25 minutes. I did forget to have my fruit smoothy tho...but did have an apple. meh. I was hoping to get some encouragement from people here. I thought that was the point of having a journal on this forum...or am I doing this all wrong??
  4. Oh..so obviously I'm not good at this, because I'm really new, and my journal just had my goals and didn't really have what I did today! hahaha. Since this whole thing was a last minute idea, I'm recording today's events just as a starting point to continue on, and oh, it's going to be embarrassing! Arg...but maybe that's a good thing! weight: 141lbs meals: B-coffee w belsoy cream, 1 gingersnap cookie, shreddies + soy milk L- crackers w tofutti cream cheese D- home made potato soup (yummy) Snacks - 2 small pieces of chocolate + apple + 3/4 cup pretzels water intake: 3 glasses (I think) -not enough! exercise: none (not enough) meditation: 10 min. breathing exercise hope to do better tomorrow!
  5. I'm doing this journal on a whim. I had no plans on doing an exercise program, nor a New Year's resolution. But last year I was pretty bad with my diet and exercise, so I need a bit of encouragement, and since I saw this on twitter..and even retweeted, I thought why not do it myself and get into shape this year! Hopefully with this forum and other's encouragement I will keep at it. I had an accident 6 years ago, so I can't do weights (neck shoulder injury) but here are my plans: 25 minute stationary bike (adding 5 minutes each 3 days) 10 minute stretching 5-10 minute breathing and relaxation exercising making sure I drink enough water (keep track of it in this journal) eating more fruits &vegetables (thinking of having a fruit smoothy after stationary bike) Less sugar in my diet!! I've been a vegan for almost 4 years, but I just need to keep track of my sweet tooth...and that's what went a bit overboard last year. Thanks Robert...this is a great idea...hope it keeps me motivated!!
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